Not only were Old School without leather boots and padded vest, which might not even be necessary if they didn’t pump themselves with supplements, moreover they were also without all the blonde streaks we’re seeing on the rugby filed these days,I mean REALLY!!

There’s more fake blonde men on our rugby fields that in the entire *** village of Cape Town!!

Old school were the last real “manne”!!!

Old school were the last real “manne”!!!

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I lived in the USA for 12 years, I studied in College there (university), and was one of 2 foreigners that played football for the college. The whole American mindset is based on stop start affair, “timeouts”, the Americans will never catch on in the game of rugby. As several bloggers have mentioned, its more than just about being big, strong and fast. Lets say team ‘A’ is a team of what u have just described of 280lbs and fast as light and 6’8′ tall Americans, and team ‘B’ is of the small Boks of 1906. My money is on the smaller 1906 team, why? Fitness, Endurance, No “timeouts”, and more importantly “Passion”. Roids, yes I knew a few guys who used that stuff in College and so some of those okes were manufactured beasts. I played football against great players, but nothing hurt more than a ruck or a tackle in Rugby. USA will be competitive in the game of rugby, and one day be able to compete with the better 2nd tier nations, but they will always lose to the nations who have more passion and drive for the game. Work Ethic and understanding of the little things in rugby is what they will also lack.

Take Vaaiga Tuigamala (Inga the winger) he was a monster when he played but was only 94kg. John Kirwan was only 92kg and he was considered big in his day. Now big wingers are 100kg or more.

Colin Meads was a man mountain at 1.92m and 102kg. Todays forwards might be bigger but tougher? No bloody way.

They are big people, but American Football only requires you to run around for 5 minutes every 30 minutes lol.
My Sister went out with a Marine who served in the Gulf for two years, he came to Visit us in SA, i never met such a Morphie in my life, all sif foot six and 260 pounds of MARINE muscle.. Couldent cope with the SA way of life lol, let alone take BOERITJIE ON ON THE SPORTS GROUND

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tygershark lovely stuff !

Tough ********.

They did no gym work.But real hard work out in the fields made ‘em that.Hard buggers.

In the moderen day of automation players pump up in the gym to muscles but they are so injury prone,playing for the almighty Rand with questionable commitment.

Wanting to be cotton wooled in order to be fit and ready for a tournament.

You’d almost think some of out Bokke are muscled bound sissies who are affraid of contact.

Respect for the old brigade!

Now I am not exactly built like a ‘Bok loose forward but I would have struggled to get my arm into any one of the jerseys … these oaks were seriously small and could only have made it as jockeys in todays sporting world …

It means that as a result of Lord Kitcheners policy of destroying most farms in South Africa in an attempt to stop resupply of the boer commando’s and moving the occupants of those farms into internment camps there was as a result a severe food shortage in SA.

Malnutrition was common. With obvious consequinces.

In those days the guys had a lot less scruples about giving you the beating of your life. I think some of those “lightweights” would even make Bakkies think twice before blikseming into a ruck. And high tackles, taking a guy out in the air? Please, you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

What a War it would have been! Unlike today, buckets of blood would probably be the norm by half-time. I dunno if size and speed would be enough to beat the dog in the old boys. You may win the game – but first you have to survive the fight!

The funny thing about it is, after reading a book on Springbok history, the SA touring teams of the early 1900′s were considered “man-mountains” when they arrived overseas.

Our scrum vs theirs? 886.4 kg vs 664kg. They may have conceded a few tightheads.

I’d love to see the comparable 40m and 100m times for the respective backlines. I imagine the team of 2006 would probably be on average 1,5 seconds quicker.